Advocate Medical Group is a physician-led medical group providing primary care, specialty services, medical imaging, outpatient services and community based medical practices throughout the Chicagoland and Bloomington/Normal.

Walk- In-Care Clinic

Medical Office Assistant

151 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, IL

.8 or 32 hours per week

Position Requirements:
2 years of related experience or combination of education/experience. Experience taking patient vital signs preferred.
Knowledge of medical terminology and CPT/ICD9 coding preferred.
High school diploma or GED.
Good communication skills.
Familiarity with computers.
Good time management and organizational skills.
Current CPR certification. Ability to work varying shifts to meets needs of center.
Ability to work under stressful conditions and in difficult situations.
Able to respond quickly to patient needs and work at a fast pace.
Work environment includes probability of exposure to adverse, hazardous or unpleasant conditions while caring for the sick.
Ability to assist in evacuation of patients in the event of a fire or other disaster.
Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients.

If position has direct patient care or direct patient contact the following lifting requirement supersedes any previous lifting requirement effective 06/01/2015. Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case~by~case basis.

Purpose:
Provides a variety of clinical, clerical, and coordination services to support the provision of quality service and high quality cost effective patient care.

Accountabilities:
Professional Developmental Responsibilities
Non~Clinical Responsibilities
Clinical support in the delivery of clinical care
Medical Record and HIPAA standards/Risk and Safety Compliance
Practice Participation and Patient Satisfaction and Service: Provides efficient, high quality service to patients who arrive or who telephone or visit in person to request information.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care, named among the nation’s Top 5 large health systems based on quality by Truven Analytics, is the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest health care providers in the Midwest. Advocate operates more than 250 sites of care, including 12 hospitals that encompass 11 acute care hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, the state’s largest emergency and Level I trauma network, one of the area’s largest home health care companies, and the region’s largest medical group. Advocate Health Care has 4 teaching hospitals and is a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ.